Only You

The compliment had meant everything to me. I knew I wasn’t the best singer, and it had been forever since Jensen and I had played that song together… I still remember the day we had sat down and written it together like it was yesterday. It was never meant to turn into our ‘anthem’. I was thirteen and in one of my English classes a teacher had been talking about how sad it was that the little boy in our class book had never been told ‘I love you’ by his parents... and it hit a little close to home for me. So when Jen had finally got me to tell him why I had been so quiet all day, he had tried to convince me that brothers were more important than parents anyway, a sentiment I would grow to believe in wholeheartedly as I got older. At the time Jensen was convinced that one day he would be a famous rock artist, so the only logical thing to do he, he believed, was to write a song so that we wouldn’t forget.

I smiled at the memory as I was pulled back into the present by Harry’s voice. He had sat down behind the piano and I was curious, he didn’t strike me as a piano player, it seemed far too delicate for him…

“So this is something that I’ve been working on for my solo performance in May… it’s still a little rough around the edges, but I hope you like it.” He paused and took a deep breath before gently playing the introduction to his song.

“So she said what’s the problem baby, what’s the problem I don’t know, well maybe I’m in love… I think about It every time I think about it, I can’t stop thinking ‘bout it…” Instantly the elated mood that I had been feeling since being up there with the guitar disappeared and was replaced by something I couldn’t explain that had started in my gut. I looked over at Jensen out of the corner of my eye. He was staring at Harry with a face like thunder and then turned to Gemma who looked horrified as her brother continued.

“Well baby, I surrender to the strawberry ice cream, never ever end of all this love, well I didn’t mean to do it but there’s no escaping your love…” Jensen looked at me and gave me a small shake of his head. He had told me weeks ago when he had found out about Harry’s feelings for Selena, as if my brother ever would have kept anything like that from me, but I hadn’t been worried, and I’m still not. I know Selena loves me.

“…Come on, come on, move a little closer… Come on, come on, I want to hear you whisper… Come on, come on, settle down inside my love…” I felt Selena tense up underneath the arm that was draped around her as Harry continued.

“…Come on, come on, jump a little higher… Come on, come on, if you feel a little lighter… Come on, come on, we were once upon a time in love… We’re accidentally in love…”

I know how ridiculous it sounds, but I felt bad for Selena. I think back to the day we first met and how sad she had seemed, I could see it in her eyes when she had crashed into me that she had been so far lost in her own thoughts. Then when she had smiled at me when we had been joking, I had wanted to cheer her up more than anything. It was only after I had met Harry that I had realised that he was who had been on her mind that day. Then she had fallen in love with me… and I didn’t doubt that she had fallen for me. I could feel it every time she looked at me, every time she touched me, every time I held her. But I also knew that Harry had gotten inside her head. I wanted to hate him, but I didn’t have it in me. I felt bad for him too, I mean it was only a matter of time before he fell for her considering how close they are. I could see it when she looked at him that he was torturing her inside though, and this song… this song was a low blow that could only confuse her further.

“… Come on, come on, spin a little tighter… Come on, come on, and the world’s a little brighter… Come on, come on, just get yourself inside her love… I’m in love…” Harry played the last chord of the song and there was silence. After everyone else had played there had been applause, but this time there was only silence, because everyone knew about Harry’s feelings.

“Harry, you’re sounding a little raspy, come get some water.” Gemma broke the silence in a strained voice. Harry looked over at her before glancing at Selena and getting up to follow his sister out the room.

“Well, I guess I’m next then…” Selena said quietly after a few moments silence. I forced a smile and looked down at her.

“You get set up then, I need to use the gent’s room quickly.” I kissed her forehead and then stood and followed Gemma and Harry into the corridor.

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Harry: Accidentally In Love - Counting Crows (cover)

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